Drainage of mouth lesion at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital

100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$744.98

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,257.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$542.35 with PGT vs $4,321.83 with BCBS-TX — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
PGT Medicare|All Plans $542.35 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $553.41 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $553.41 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $564.48 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $570.02 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $592.15 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $802.45 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $830.12 ↑ +11%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $932.72 ↑ +25%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $951.37 ↑ +28%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $951.37 ↑ +28%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $979.36 ↑ +31%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $979.36 ↑ +31%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,072.77 ↑ +44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,352.44 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,475.06 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,591.27 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,660.23 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,787.94 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,798.59 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,124.00 ↑ +185%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,313.15 ↑ +210%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $2,341.35 ↑ +214%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,359.78 ↑ +217%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,554.20 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,596.77 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,724.48 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,809.62 ↑ +277%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +288%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,618.45 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,667.01 ↑ +392%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $3,693.20 ↑ +396%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,831.30 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,928.94 ↑ +427%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,168.00 ↑ +459%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $4,257.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,321.83 ↑ +480%

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Drainage of mouth lesion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $16,752.58 $3,274.11 – $6,108.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,295.40 $886.62 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,890.53 $71.00 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,125.36 $71.00 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,295.40 $886.62 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,890.53 $85.00 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,890.53 $886.62 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,125.36 $71.00 – $7,975.81

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